NAME
mk_vmgm — automated creation of main menu of the DVD (VMGM)
SYNOPSIS
mk_vmgm [options]
DESCRIPTION
DVDwizard is a wrapper-script which incorporates a fully automated
creation of a DVD-structure with chapters and menus from one or more
mpeg-streams. This is done by several "sub-scripts" and various freely
available tools.
One of these sub-scripts is mk_vmgm, which create main menu of the DVD
(VMGM) for authoring a DVD with dvdauthor.
OPTIONS
General processing
-C | --config-file filename
filename of dvdwizard-configuration file
[~/.dvdwizard/dvdwizard.conf]
-o | --output directory
Path where the created menu mpegs will be stored [BASEDIR/vmgm]
-x | --xml filename
Print dvdauthor XML-specs into this file [BASEDIR/dvdwizard.xml]
-h | --help
print this lot out
DVD-specific options
-T | --vmgm string
Titlestring for the whole DVD; if not specified no title will be
printed on the main (VMGM) menu.
-N | --tvnorm <norm>
TV-Norm to use. Norm may be PAL or NTSC. [PAL]
-V | --tvsize WidexHeight
Visible Area on TV-Screen. [660x530]
-M | --menu language
Define language to use in menu items [en]. Strings are defined
in config file.
-I | --intro filename
MPEG-File to be played when inserting the DVD in the player.
-L | --loop value
Playback mode of the DVD. Possible values are:
0 return to vmgm menu after each title,
-1 display vmgm menu before the first and after the last
title,
-2 display vmgm menu only before first title and loop all
titles endlessly,
num num is a value between 1 and 9. Suppress vmgm menu and
loop all titles endlessly, starting from specified title.
-MS | --vmgmsound filename
Soundfile to be used as background sound for all menus (may be
overwritten for specific titlesets with ms|--vtsmsound). If
empty, a silent audio track will be produced. Can be any format,
ffmpeg recognizes and will be converted to ac3, if necessary.
Title-specific options
-t | --vts string
Titlestring for this titleset. Will be ignored for
single-titleset. DVDs, if -T is given.
-b | --vtsmbg filename
Filename of background picture for this titleset.
-r | --bgratio <aspectratio>
Define aspect ratio of menu background. Aspectratio may be 4:3
or 16:9. [4:3]
-ms | --vtsmsound filename
see -MS, but only applies to this titleset.
--hasaudio
Title has multiple audio tracks. A button to jump to the audio
selection menu will be created.
--hassubtitle
Title has at least one Subtitle-Stream which may be activated in
a subsequent subtitle-menu.
--hasinfo
Title has EPG-information available. A button to jump to the
info panel will be created.
NOTES
BASEDIR defaults to the current directory if not stated otherwise in
the config file (either default ~/.dvdwizard/dvdwizard.conf or
specified with the -C option).
Every new -t marks a new titleset on the DVD. Subsequent options -b,
-r, -ms, --hasaudio, --hassubtitle and --hasinfo apply only to that
titleset.
For more information, sources and executables of DVDwizard see at the
homepage http://sf.net/projects/dvdwizard.
AUTHOR
DVDwizard was written by Wolfgang Wershofen <itconsult at
wershofen.de>. Since 2009 DVDwizard will be developed by Joo Martin
<joomart2009 at users.sf.net>.
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.
This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
SEE ALSO
dvdwizard(1), mk_vtsm(1), dvdwizard.conf(5)